There are lots of women and lots of men in the business that the powers that be decide are the right people and they'll stand with them for quite a long time.

I'm miserable: that's why I have such a bad back, because I'm endlessly stressing out about my career.

I'm a sex machine to both genders. It's all very exhausting. I need a lot of sleep.

You're not allowed to be an eccentric in the world, you have to fit it.

The interesting thing about Sherlock is that he is himself a reflection of that very English duality. As a drug addict, he is a criminal. But he is also a crime fighter. That makes him an extremely potent character to personify the hypocrisy of a culture that is both moralistic and corrupt.

Being gay and being a woman has one big thing in common, which is that we both become invisible after the age of 42. Who wants a gay 50-year-old? No one, let me tell you.

What's happened to humour? We're becoming American. Everyone gets so angry over everything.